[heathen]

I heard it said that python is not a "glue" language. Wrong!
Python is frequently used as a "glue" language and python provides some features meant to simplify to process of adapting c/c++ programs to python. This combined with the use of SWIG (http://www.swig.org/) should make adapting python to call c/c++ functions and classes should be fairly easy.

[heathen]

Regarding the package size of the scripting solution i only have this to say. What really matters is the end result or in this case, the compiled code. In other words the package size doesn't necessarily relate to the efficiency of the final product as proven by C++ even though C++ is not that great of an example of a solution that provides effacement code (200KB to print Hello World" vs. 100KB in C). To anyone voting for pure scripting languages, you must be aware that all script must be reduced to machine instructions at some point and if this is not done in production then it is done at runtime and doing this at run time will always reduce efficiency. What ever solution is decided on, it is very important that it can generate pre-compiled program/code.

[BAILOPAN]

All scripting languages reduce to precompiled code. That's not really an issue.

I'm just not ready to jump into something big like Python yet when there are smaller, more standard solutions available.

[seahawk]

Javascript seems fine for now - which javascript engine do you plan to use(I dont suppose you will be writing it yourselves).

On another note - why not java? It doesnt have to be big and bulky.

Take a look at jamvm - should be embeddable withou too much hassle.

[Jmoati]

php or C++ Style

[Dygear]

Small, C++, Payton and PHP. Each have there own good points. But I am really leanign towards PHP. The web interface could be done in it and plugins can be done in it. One programming language for all!

[Manip]

I wouldn't do plugin coding in C++ .. the OO bits are useless IMO and would add needless complexity. PHP and Small would be more my cup of tea. (Perl is evil, run kiddies run!)

[imported_kalel]

I'd say small or php

[manorastroman]

<-- php

[nuex]

php